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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu
|Archdiocese of Cebu
Archidiocesis Sanctissimi Nomini Iesu sive Cæbuanus
Artsidiyosesis sa Sugbo
|Central Visayas and Southern Leyte
|Ecclesiastical province
|5,088 km2 (1,964 sq mi)
- Total
- Catholics
|(as of December, 2007)
3,733,822 (90.08%%)
|Roman Catholic
|Sui iuris church
|Latin Church
|Roman Rite
|April 14, 1521 (Established by baptism of the natives), April 28, 1565 (re-established as an Abbey nullius), February 6, 1579 (Under the Diocese of Manila), August 14, 1595 (Diocese), April 28, 1934 (Archdiocese)
|Cathedral of St Vitales, Cebu City
|Patron saint
|Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Cebú
|Current leadership
|Metropolitan Archbishop
|Jose Serofia Palma
|Auxiliary Bishops
|Emilio L. Bataclan
|Emeritus Bishops
|Ricardo Vidal Cardinal Archbishop-Emeritus
Antonio Rañola Auxiliary Bishop-Emeritus
Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see
(not the archdiocese)
|Website of the Archdiocese
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cebu is one of the ecclesiastical provinces of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines that is composed of the entire civil province of Cebu (Cebu and the nearby islands of Mactan, Bantayan, and Camotes). The Archdiocese of Cebu earned a special dignity of being the birthplace and seat of Philippine Christianity[1] and the Mother-Church (ecclesia matrix) of the Philippines. The dioceses of Tagbilaran and Talibon in Bohol, the diocese of Dumaguete in Negros Oriental, and the diocese of Maasin in Southern Leyte are its suffragans. The ecclesiastical seat of the archdiocese is the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral. The current archbishop is the Most Reverend José S. Palma, D.D., STD, who was recently installed on January 13, 2011 replacing Ricardo Cardinal Vidal who had been archbishop of Cebu for 29 years. Like the Archbishop of Manila, the Cebu Archbishop is also customarily elevated to the status of Cardinal sometime after his enthronement.
As of 2006, the archdiocese registered a total of 3,415,000 baptized Catholics.[2] It is currently the largest archdiocese in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia having the most number of Catholics, seminarians, and priests.[3]
- 1 History
- 2 Suffragan dioceses
- 3 Prelates
- 4 Diocese
- 5 Primacy
- 6 See also
- 7 References
- 8 External links
The Mother-Church of Cebu
The history of the Archdiocese of Cebu began with the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan in the town of Zubu in 1521.[4] The Church anchored in that year[5] by the native Cebuanos' profession of faith in Christ,[6] baptism,[7] the daily celebration of the Mass,[8] and the chaplain of the expedition, Fr. Pedro Balderrama being the legitimate pastor for their spiritual needs.
However, immediately after its inception during the aftermath of Battle of Mactan, the Church of Cebu experienced decadence due to lack of shepherds to enforce and edify the natives on the faith. Most of the natives materially apostatized, while others clung unto the image of the Santo Niño (the first Christian icon in the Philippines given as a baptismal gift by Magellan). The unintended negligence lasted for 44 years until it was re-establish in 1565 by the arrival of Miguel López de Legazpi and Fray Andrés de Urdaneta. The remnant of the Cebuano Church in 1521, as evident in the person of Rajah Tupas, was resuscitated by the Augustinians as an Abbey nullius (an equivalent of a diocese) when the formal evangelization of the Philippines commenced with Fr. Urdaneta as the first prelate.[9][10][11] The oversight of the natives was then succeeded to Fray Diego de Herrera who would later re-baptized Tupas and his servants in 1568.
The Church expanded from Cebu when the remaining missionaries lead by Fr. Diego de Herrera when they were forced northwest temporarily due to conflict with the Portuguese and laid the foundations of the Christian community in the Panay in around 1569.
In 1570 the second batch of missionaries reached Cebu. The island became the ecclesiastical "seat" as it is the center for evangelization. A notable missionary was Fr. Alfonso Jimenez, O.S.A., who travelled and penetrated the Camarines region through the islands of Masbate, Leyte, Samar, and Burias and founded the Church there. He was called the first apostle of the region.
By 1571, Fr. Herrera who was assigned as chaplain of Legazpi, from Panay advanced further north and founded the local Church community in Manila. There Legazpi transferred the seat of government to the territory. Though, Cebu remained the spiritual capital of the country.
On 1572 the Spaniards lead by Juan de Salcedo marched from Manila further north with the second batch of Augustinian missionaries and pioneered the evangelization to the communities in the Ilocos (starting with Vigan) and the Cagayan regions.
The Oldest Sees
The established local Church community would be later made dioceses: Santissimo Nombre de Jesus (Mother-Church of Cebu), Manila (Church of Manila), Caceres (Church of Camarines), Nueva Segovia (Church of Ilocos-Cagayan). Later on in 1865, from the Cebu diocese, Santa Isabel de Jaro (Church of Panay).
The first and yet humble Church of the country was placed under the Diocese of Manila which was established on February 6, 1579 as a suffragan to the See of Mexico. Cebú was finally made diocese and on 14 August 1595 along with the dioceses of Nueva Caceres and Nueva Segovia. Its first diocesan bishop was Pedro Agurto, also an Augustinian.
As a diocese, Cebú had a very extensive territory[12] which then included the whole of the Visayas and Mindanao and the Marianas.[13]
On April 28, 1934, it was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese with the Most Rev. Gabriel M. Reyes was its first archbishop.
The archdiocese honours Our Lady of Guadalupe of Cebú as its patroness while the 2nd Filipino Saint St. Pedro Calungsod as the secondary patron saint.
Suffragan dioceses[edit]
Pope Leo X, in his bull Alias felices (April 25, 1521), affirmed the religious superiors to administer the sacraments to areas that are far away from an Episcopal see or lacking thereof. Pope Adrian VI's bull Exponi nobis nuper fecisti (May 9, 1522) expounded Pope Leo's bull and conferred his apostolic authority which granted superiors of mendicant orders episcopal authority, except faculties needed episcopal consecration. The bull was confirmed by Paul III in 1535 and Pope St. Pius V renewed the privileges in 1567. Though, the superiors of the Philippine mission were assigned and not preconized, their privileges to exercise as bishops to the newly formed Christian communities did not lack canonicity:
- Andrés de Urdaneta, O.S.A † (April 1565 - June 1565) - considered as first prelate of the Philippines.
- Deigo de Herrera, O.S.A. † (June 1565 - 1569 moved to Panay then Manila) - the first Provincial superior of the Order.
- Martín de Rada, O.S.A. † (1569-1575?)
- Alfonso Jimenez, O.S.A. † (1575-1577)
- Pedro de Agurto, O.S.A. † (30 Aug 1595 Appointed - 14 Oct 1608 Died)
- Pedro Arce, O.S.A. † (17 Sep 1612 Appointed - 16 Oct 1645 Died)
- Juan Velez † (26 Jan 1660 Appointed - 1662 Died)
- Juan López † (23 Apr 1663 Appointed - 14 Nov 1672 Appointed, Archbishop of Manila)
- Diego de Aguilar, O.P. † (16 Nov 1676 Appointed - 1 Oct 1692 Died)
- Miguel Bayod, O.F.M. † (13 May 1697 Appointed - 28 Aug 1700 Died)
- Pedro Sanz de la Vega y Landaverde, O. de M. † (26 Jan 1705 Appointed - 17 Dec 1717 Died)
- Sebastián Foronda, O.S.A. † (2 Mar 1722 Appointed - 20 May 1728 Died)
- Manuel de Ocio y Campo † (20 Jan 1734 Appointed - 21 Jul 1737 Died)
- Protacio Cabezas † (29 Aug 1740 Appointed - 3 Feb 1753 Died)
- Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta † (18 Jul 1757 Appointed - 1771 Died)
- Mateo Joaquin Rubio de Arevalo † (13 Nov 1775 Appointed - 1788 Died)
- Ignacio de Salamanca † (24 Sep 1792 Appointed - Feb 1802 Died)
- Joaquín Encabo de la Virgen de Sopetrán, O.A.R. † (20 Aug 1804 Appointed - 8 Nov 1818 Died)
- Francisco Genovés, O.P. † (21 Mar 1825 Appointed - 1 Aug 1827 Died)
- Santos Gómez Marañón, O.S.A. † (28 Sep 1829 Appointed - 23 Oct 1840 Died)
- Romualdo Jimeno Ballesteros, O.P. † (19 Jan 1846 Appointed - 17 Mar 1872 Died)
- Benito Romero, O.F.M. † (28 Jan 1876 Appointed - 4 Nov 1885 Died)
- Martín García y Alcocer, O.F.M. † (7 Jun 1886 Appointed - 30 Jul 1904 Resigned)
- Thomas A. Hendrick † (17 Jul 1903 Appointed - 29 Nov 1909 Died)
- Juan Bautista Gorordo † (2 Apr 1910 Appointed - 19 Jun 1931 Resigned)
- Gabriel M. Reyes † (29 Jul 1932 Appointed - 25 Aug 1949 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Manila)
- Julio Cardinal Rosales y Ras † (17 Dec 1949 Appointed - 24 Aug 1982 Retired)
- Ricardo Cardinal Vidal (24 Aug 1982 Succeeded - 15 Oct 2010 Retired)
- Jose S. Palma (15 Oct 2010 Appointed, 13 Jan 2011 Installed–Present)
Minor Basilica[edit]
- Basilica Minore del Santo Niño de Cebu (Cebu City)
National Shrines[edit]
- National Shrine of Nuestra Señora Virgen de la Regla (Lapu-lapu City, Cebu)
- National Shrine of Saint Joseph (Mandaue City, Cebu)
Diocesan Seminaries[edit]
- St. John XXIII Minor Seminary, Pope John Paul II Ave, Mabolo, Cebu City
- San Carlos Seminary College, Pope John Paul II Ave, Mabolo, Cebu City
- Seminario Mayor de San Carlos, Pope John Paul II Ave, Mabolo, Cebu City
Cebu's Basilica del Sto. Niño: Mother and Head of All Churches[edit]
In the Apostolic Letter Ut Clarificetur, on the conferring the titles and privileges of the basilica, Pope Blessed Paul VI in 1965 described the Cebu's now Basilica del Santo Niño as the "Mother and Head of all Churches in the Philippines" (mater et caput... omnium ecclesiarum Insularum Philippinarum).[14] The same Blessed Paul VI also named the basilica, which also enshrined the oldest and most important Philippine relic the Santo Niño de Cebú, "symbol of the birth and growth of Christianity in the Philippines."[15]
Seat of Philippine Christianity and the Church[edit]
Pope St. John Paul II, in his Homily for Families in Cebu (February 19, 1981), called the island as the birthplace of the faith:
Finding myself in this important city known as the cradle of Christianity in the Philippines, I want to express my deep joy and profound thanksgiving to the Lord of history. The thought that for 450 years the light of the Gospel has shone with undimmed brightness in this land and on its people is cause for great rejoicing.[16]
St. John Paul II also alluded that Cebu is the place where the faith and even the Church in the Philippines began:
The Philippine nation is deserving of particular honor since, from the beginning of its Christianization, from the moment that Magellan planted the Cross in Cebu four hundred and sixty years ago, on April 15, 1521, all through the centuries, its people have remained true to the Christian faith. In an achievement that remains unparalleled in history, the message of Christ took root in the hearts of the people within a very brief span of time, and the Church was thus strongly implanted in this nation of seven thousand islands and numerous tribal and ethnic communities.[17]
The Religious and Spiritual Capital of the Philippines[edit]
Cebu is the capital of the Catholic faith[18] by virtue of being the first Christian city,[19] the first capital of the Spanish East Indies, and the birthplace of Christianity and the Philippine Church.
The Cradle of Catholic Christianity in Southeast Asia[edit]
Malacca, Malaysia (1511) and Cebu, Philippines (1521) were the two cradles of (Catholic) Christianity in Southeast Asia. However, by the dawn of the 1600 Malacca was leveled to the ground by the Dutch onslaught rendering its diocese dissolved, its churches and parishes destroyed, and the land converted to the Dutch Reformed faith while the central island in the Philippines remained Catholic. The faithful in Malacca fled and found refuge in Cebu.[20] The Philippine Islands hold the largest Catholic population in Asia and called by Blessed Paul VI "a great Catholic nation in South-East Asia"[21] and in the humble island of Cebu where it all began.
Precedence in Christian Tradition[edit]
The Church of Cebu preceded other local churches in the country. Though, there was an interim period which gradually deteriorated the Christian community, nevertheless it still maintained precedence through its re-establishment in 1565. In Cebu the first baptism was made (April 14, 1521), hence, Rajah Humabon and the rest of the natives became the very first Filipino Christians. In the island the first Mass was participated by Filipino converts. Also in the territory the first resistance against the Mohammedan advance from the south.[22] The first Philippine Christian feast dedicated to the Sto. Niño was instituted and celebrated there. The first recorded confession and the last rites of an accused inhabitant transpired.[23] The very first temples were erected (the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica del Santo Niño) in the Philippines.[24] The first Christian Marriage transpired with Isabel, the niece of Rajah Tupas and Andres, the Greek caulker of Legazpi, and their children baptized representing the first infant baptisms.[25] The list of precedence in Christian tradition goes on and on. The Church of Cebu is the canonical Primatial See of the Philippines.
See also[edit]
- Roman Catholicism in the Philippines
- Diocese of Tagbilaran
- Diocese of Talibon
- List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of the Philippines
- Cebu Catholic Television Network
- ^ http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03471a.htm
- ^ a b Cebu (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]
- ^ http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcebu.html#stats
- ^ http://www.cebuarchdiocese.org/aboutus/history/
- ^ Carmelo D. F. Morelos, "'Go… Make Disciples!' – A Pastoral Letter on the Fourth Centenary of the Archdioceses of Manila, Cebu, Caceres, Nueva Segovia," Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, January 29, 1994, accessed September 6, 2014, http://cbcponline.net/v2/?p=8078
- ^ Antonio Pigafetta, Magellan's Voyage Around the World, vol. 1, trans. James Alexander Robertson (Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1906), 159.
- ^ Ibid., 151-155.
- ^ Ibid., 157.
- ^ The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803, vol. 2, eds. Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson (Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1903), 33, note 5.
- ^ Ibid., 168.
- ^ Bartholomé de Letona, OSF, The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803, vol. 36, eds. Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson (Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1906), 210.
- ^ http://www.cebuarchdiocese.org/aboutus/history/
- ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/cebu0.htm
- ^ http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/apost_letters/documents/hf_p-vi_apl_19650401_ut-clarificetur_lt.html
- ^ http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/speeches/1965/documents/hf_p-vi_spe_19650502_philippines_en.html
- ^ http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/1981/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19810219_famiglie_en.html
- ^ http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/1981/february/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19810217_manila-presidente_en.html
- ^ Julius Bautista, "The Rebellion and the Icon: Holy Revolutions in the Philippines," Asian Journal of Social Science 34, No. 2 (2006): 295, Note 1.
- ^ "Résumé of contemporaneous documents," in The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803, vol. 2, eds. Emma H. Blair, James A. Robertson (Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1903), 121 [Hereafter cited as Résumé of Documents].
- ^ Peter Schreurs, "Did Saint Francis Xavier Come to Mindanao?" Philippine Quarterly of Culture Society 22, (1994): 20. www.jstor.org/stable/29792140
- ^ http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/speeches/1965/documents/hf_p-vi_spe_19650502_philippines_en.html
- ^ Juan de Medina, OSA, "Historia de la Orden de San Agustin de estas Islas Filipinas," in The Philippine Islands 1493-1803, vol. 23, eds. Emma H. Blair, James A. Robertson (Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1903), 185.
- ^ Résumé of Documents, 153.
- ^ Astrid Sala-Boza, "The Contested Site of the Finding of the Holy Child: Villa San Miguel or San Nicolas (Cebu El Viejo)," Philippine Quarterly of Culture Society 34, (2006): 232. www.jstor.org/stable/29792595; The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803, vol. 2, eds. Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson (Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1903), 121.
- ^ Résumé of Documents, 140-141.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Cebu
- Archdiocese of Cebu on the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines website
- Archdiocese of Cebu on [www.catholic-hierarchy.org]
- Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cebu by GCatholic


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Dear Albus,
Today hurt. A lot.
In addition to the pain of that kick in the gut, I feel empty from spending all day trying not to cry or vomit. Please don't feel bad. I hope things turn out okay in the end, but even if they don't, there are certain things that will always be a staggeringly large part of who I am.
I understand, of course; in my head it is completely, 100% logical. I don't blame her or you for your reactions to her in the least. However, I can't help it that I feel betrayed and broken. The wound you seared into my soul today is going to fade a little with time, but it will never heal.
I'm angry with you for that. I'm angry with you for being too prideful or insecure or something to not tell her years ago. That was your job; it wasn't hers to ask. If for nothing else, it was your job in order to protect me. I was just a kid when I met you; you were the adult. I love my dad, you know that, but he is not a social person. He doesn't talk to me for the most part, and when he does it's more often than not to talk about abstract intellectual matters. He has never once invested in my soul, only in my mind. You were my father when it came to that. I trusted and loved you like my own dad; I really started to believe I could count on you. And then today happened.
I hope you understand that saying I am crushed is the most exaggerated understatement of the millennium. A little part of me hates you. That scares me, but it also amazes and empowers me.
You know better than anyone how much our friendship mattered. That's how much it hurts. And the thing about pain is, it demands to be felt. You felt it in the first couple of days after you realized what was coming, but I don't believe it was as horrendous for you because it wasn't me who was doing the betraying; it was your own choices that lead us to this situation.
Despite my anger and my shock and my pain, I do love you. You have meant more to me than most people, though, and your presence in my life, however brief, will not go unnoticed.
I'm sorry that I caused trouble for you; that was never my intention.
In terms of the future, I will ask you to show her and/or talk to her about whatever correspondence we have. I'm not telling you to; in the end it's up to you.
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I'm so sorry (well, kind of). I know this letter will hurt you if you ever read it, but that's part of the reason I had to write it. I hope you understand. Hate me for it, for all I care, but it's like that letter I wrote to Adam on your urging: it's more for me than it is for the other party.
It is my dream that someday we might reconnect and once again share even the smallest piece of what we've shared these past few years. Until that day comes, be well, and cherish your beautiful family.
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just got back from a 2 week holiday,staying at the riu florida beach on collins avenue,miami,and i must say it was the best hotel i have stayed in. all the staff done everything they could to make my stay so enjoyable,they were all so friendly,and they all had smiles on there faces,unlike some staff at some hotels.the free breakfast buffet will take some beating,the food was excellent,and there was such a big variety to choose from,the same can be said about the evening dinner buffet,the food was 1st class.i only have one small complaint to make about the riu,and that is they do not supply coffee making facilities in your room,neither is there a coffee machine available.the only reason that i am complaining about this,is that i get up early in the mornings,and always like to get a coffee,but then again the restaurant opens at 7.30 am.but overall this is a fantastic place to stay,and will certainly be going back next year...thank you riu hotel
We had a FAB time staying at the RIU
Stayed here in October (arrived 11 October). The hotel was great, as soon as we arrived we were greeted with refreshments on check-in. The hotel reception staff were very friendly and accommodating to have our room upgraded (especially George & Diovanni). We stayed on the 6th floor, which was definately a superb view out looking on to the beach and pool. The room itself was clean and tidy with clean bed linen and towels. I would mention on the downside the dresser draws and carpet smelt a bit musty, but apart from that everything was fine.
The complimentary breakfast they served was very nice with lots of variety, well catered for, if you have allergies and are vegan/vegetarian also the catering staff were very welcoming.
On a whole this hotel is a nice place to stay and "Yes" we would stay here again and highly recommend the RIU.
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Stayed at the RIU for 5 nights. Hotel room appeared to be very worn out. Carpets were old and did not seem clean enough to walk around in bare feet. We had requested oceanview and saw nothing but tops of the palm trees. After the maid cleaned the room we returned to find head hair on bathroom floor. Not very thorough in their cleaning. I would give this hotel a 2 star, not a four. Management seemed disinterested.
Don't go looking for luxury
My husband and I just returned Sep 28 from one night at the Riu Flordia Beach. I have to agree with the other reviews, this places looks really nice on the outside and in the lobby, but lacks that luster in the rooms. If you get a really cheap room rate or are only going to be spending a night or two then okay. Also, do not try to drive in Miami Beach you can get yourself killed, taxi is the only way to get around.
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We stayed at the Riu Miami Beach for 4 days (Fri-Mon) and had the same experience. Arrived at 1AM, and the Front Desk couldn't find the reservation, didn't know the rate, couldn't find an available room for almost 20 minutes. (We were the only people at the desk.) They asked to keep our own copy of the reservation [that we had printed from the internet]. The room was less than good. The carpet was visibly dirty, the bedspreads were old/well-used, the sheets not-quite-white, the pillows were very flat. The bathroom was on par with the room [with missing facetowels for 2 days despite repeated requests]. It took me going back down to the front desk to remind them to activate the telephone in our room. We were so unhappy, we spent an hour on the phone at 1AM, trying to find another room on Miami Beach (that wasn't $200+ a night). No go. We stayed. In the morning, the hotel's EXTERIOR is absolutely wonderful: landscaping, pool, lounges and towels provided, access to the beach, boardwalk. The breakfast and dinner (internal or external dining) is great, with a mulitude of dishes from which to choose. Note: there is no lunch offered in the dining room, but there is casual dining by the pool (hamburgers, sandwiches, salads, etc.) Final verdict: if you're there on internet rates ($95 or less) and plan on NOT being in the hotel room unless necessary, OK. If you're planning on luxuriating around inside the hotel, massages and/or spa-ing (there are none), lounging and watching TV (1 cable station, no pay-per-view movies, and ROTTEN reception), we strongly recommend that you keep away from the Riu.
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We stayed two nights at the Riu before taking a cruise (we just returned). When our taxi pulled up in front of the hotel at midnight, it was impressive. I still think it has great curb appeal compared to other hotels in the area. As we entered the lobby, it gave me a feeling of entering an expensive hotel. I had made reservations two weeks earlier through the internet for $96.00/night. They could not locate the reservation (I had a copy) and stated the rate was $197.00/night. Since I had proof, they gave us the $96 rate. The room was ordinary as far as atmosphere and decor but below standards in cleanliness. Although not filthy, you could see the bathroom had not been cleaned. I don't know if this only applied to our room or whether all rooms were dirty. They did have a team of maids cleaning from room to room the next morning so it could be they took a shortcut and skipped the room without the knowledge of management. I'll never know for sure. Anyway, when morning came and there was light to see, we began a tour. The back (beachside) was splendid. Beautiful tropical landscaping, pool, hammocks, boardwalk and fantastic beach area. A breakfast buffet was provided for all guests and I will have to say I found absolutely no fault with it. Eggs were cooked to order (omelets, etc.) and the buffet contained everything to be expected for breakfast and more. There was fresh fruit, pastries, cold cuts, cereal, bacon, sausage and on and on. We ate well. Later in the day, we walked to Lincoln Road Mall in South Beach. It probably took about 20 minutes and the sun was hot. Actually, I was relieved we did not stay in one of the South Beach hotels due to all the commotion and lack of privacy. We did feel that the beachside of the Riu was private. With the overall nice facilities, beautiful landscaping, private beach area (they even furnished beach towels) the excellent breakfast buffet served facing the ocean and for $96/per night, I more than felt we got our money's worth. I would stay there
Terrible assistant manager
well we were offered a room with a balcony, low and behold we had a balcony alright over looking the top of a palm tree and the top of there building no ocean no pool no nothing. we called to complain and all the asst. manager had to say was you get what you pay for, we tried to get our money back but no dice...the rooms stunk really really bad the carpets were so dirty that my socks turn black on the bottom unbelievable. They also leave a little note under your door to call an 800 # making us think that the note was for us, just so they can charge us for the $1.00 phone call,so when we called it was a wrong number and a few other people that we talked to at the hotel had the same note under there door to con then into making the $1.00 phone call..what scammers...
RIU Florida (not a good choice)
If you find a good deal for the RIU Florida hotel in South Beach, I would advise that you think twice. The rooms reek of a stale musty ordor. The carpet, the bedspreads did not smell clean at all. You would think that housekeeping has never heard of Febreeze. After spending 5 minutes in the room, we quickly gathered our items and switched hotels. The bargain was not worth the sacrifice in accomodations.
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Discussion in 'Motorola Droid Bionic' started by jkaod, Sep 8, 2011.
8 hours with 4 hrs display 3G only 5% left.
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8 hours with 4 hrs display. 3G only. 5% left.
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Is there an official Bionic 4G/3G toggle app yet?
Initial charge oddity
I thought this was strange. I plugged in my phone, thinking I would give an intial full charge before turning it on. When I did that it started at 40% out of the box. I then realized I forgot to plug in the LTE card. I unplugged it, pulled the battery, put in the card, reinstalled the battery and plugged it back in. I expected it to be at 40%. It was now at 5%. Very strange, I wonder which one was correct out of the box, 5% or 40%? Pretty big difference.
Bluetooth battery usage is unbelievable. I have not had it connected to a bluetooth device at any point in the day. Currently at 24% battery according to the circle battery widget. Very disappointing to see bluetooth kill so much battery without even being used. Screen on time is 1 hr 25 min.
Settings> Wireless&Networks> Mobile Networks> Network Mode> CDMA only / CDMA/ LTE
Just got my Bionic yesterday. Ran it through 2 cycles on the stock battery, 1 time heavy use, 2nd time moderate use. Lasted only 5 hours each time. I'm on the 1st cycle of the extended battery with moderate use and i'm at 8.5 hours with 20% left. I'm hoping it improves with time, i'll let you know. It is slightly clunkier with the extended battery but definitely worth the extra life.
Yeah I just got back from the store with an extended battery, the phone is way ugly now but hopefully it will last a lot longer.
What is the brand of the extended battery? Are they selling them at Verizon? What is the strength?
Can you take a photo of the phone with the extended battery and cover for us? Pretty please!
I don't have a picture, but I can tell you they are very close in size and weight. The guy next to me at the counter got it and I got to hold both of ours to compare size/weight. There's no hump, and it's slightly (1mm?) larger than the biggest part of the hump. The camera part of the back is slightly recessed. It's opposite.
As for battery usage, why does google maps keep taking up the most of my battery??? What am I doing, is putting it in the car dock starting it? I am not rooted, how do I get this thing to stop starting?!?! Everytime I open battery usage I notice it's at the top and force kill it, right now I've been on battery for 1 hr 44 minutes. I'm down to 80% and Maps has used 39%, it's at the top of the list! Help me.
10hrs at work on 3g and I always have a bad signal no matter what phone I have at work and It was still 90% last 2 hrs at work I was none stop heavy usage with the bad signal and It was 10% before I left. I'm sure if verizon would pick up better at my job it would last longer. I think the battery is great!!!
2700 some mAh as opposed to the stock 1700 some mAh
That looks like a tank....no thanks.
Yeah its bad. I need the extra battery life though so im still on the fence. Might be better off getting a second standard battery with the standalone charger. Im really worried about the additional bulk from the case I still need to get.
If you aren't using Bluetooth, disable it. There's a widget to make it quick and easy to turn off and on as needed.
well today with a fully charged brand new battery i got about 7h of mixed use. downloading apps, texting, talking mainly speaker phone, emails etc. pretty awesome considering my OG droid lasted like 4h TOPS without overclock overclockd lol well 2h MAYBE at 1.1ghz
Got the Bionic today and opted to bundle the additional battery + standalone charger... bundle. After activation at Verizon went back to work and charged it. The first charge lasted ~6 hours with heavy use while on 4g and WiFi. After two hours of heavy use on 4g and WiFi the second battery reads a 70% charge. Not bad for their initial drains. Mama I got twins!
4 hours? what did you do to your droid? mine is oc'd and I get about 24-36 hours with typical usage. Ive never heard of someone getting that horrible of battery life on their droid unless they kept their bluetooth, or wifi, or gps on 24/7. Or maybe you had a bad battery
something is seriously wrong with my battery.
took 3.5 hours to charge to 100% and now I'm 40 minutes off the charger and down to 70%.
There was 1 10minute GTalk video call in there.. but otherwise just basic stuff, webpages texting etc.
also, my display is 32%... I have it on auto dimming
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Purpose: The purpose is to "include almost anything anyone might want, or need to know about flow cytometry." With the continuing improvements to the technologies and increasing areas of application of flow cytometry, the current revision (currently in its third edition) represents a timely and needed expansion of earlier editions.
Audience: This book is targeted at anyone who uses or wishes to use a flow cytometer. Although the treatment of all areas begins with fundamental principles, current areas of application and new technologies and applications are included, making the book of interest to beginners and experts alike.
Features: The presentation is uniform and the book is easy to read. Although the diversity of subject places significant demands on a single author, Dr. Shapiro is unique in this field in his comprehension of all these areas. The book includes a wealth of practical information, including a listing other books published on any aspect of flow cytometry, societies involved with this technology, and a listing of instrument and reagent sources.
Assessment: This book is an encyclopedia of flow cytometry. The only criticism might be that it covers every aspect of flow cytometry in considerable detail, sometimes more detail than a reader pushed by many demands wants (including why the flow cytometry experiment did not work). Most flow cytometry laboratories already have previous editions placed near the cytometer, and the more sophisticated or advanced the laboratory, the more battered and used the book. With the improvements and expansion in this edition, it will likely sit next to previous and well-worn editions in most flow cytometry laboratories (including mine).


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Four years ago, when U.S. Senator Russ Feingold stood alone in the Senate to oppose the Bush administration's Patriot Act, he was portrayed as a political fringe dweller whose determination to defend basic liberties was out of touch with the realities of the post-9/11 era.
This year, as Feingold leads the fight to block a flawed proposal to reauthorize the Patriot Act, he does so as the voice of a national movement that includes conservatives and liberals, Democrats, Republicans, Greens, Libertarians and independents, and residents of all 50 states and the District of Columbia. And he has enough Senate allies to speak seriously about launching a filibuster to block the measure.
What has changed since 2001?
For one thing, almost 400 communities across the United States and seven states -- Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Montana and Vermont -- have passed resolutions condemning the assaults on civil liberties and the rule of law contained in the Patriot Act and calling upon Congress to address those concerns before reauthorizing the measure that was approved with minimal debate in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Rarely in American history has a single law drawn such ideologically, politically and geographically diverse opposition.
The message was heard by the Senate which, during this year's reauthorization debate, addressed many of the most serious civil liberties concerns. The bipartisan reauthorization measure, which added basic privacy protections that had been proposed by Feingold and others, was approved unanimously by the Senate.
Unfortunately, the U.S. House, which under the hard-line partisan leadership of Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Illinois, and his lieutenants no longer operates as an independent legislative chamber but instead rubber stamps the requests of the Bush administration, failed to respond to the public outcry. Instead, it produced a reauthorization of the Patriot Act that was actually more draconian in some senses than the original legislation.
That set up what was supposed to be a clash between House and Senate conferees, who were required to reconcile the differing proposals.
But, rather than accept the Senate's balanced bill, the conference committee opted to advance a version of the legislation that, like the House bill, extends most of the Patriot Act permanently while failing to address the flaws that have inspired so much opposition to the law. Of particular concern to civil libertarians is the fact that the conference committee's proposal extends several of the Patriot Act's most controversial provisions by authorizing roving wiretaps and permitting allowing the government to seize the records of libraries, hospitals and businesses in "fishing expedition" searches.
"The conference committee had the opportunity to fix many of the provisions of the Patriot Act to which Americans across the political spectrum have voiced their opposition over the last four years," explained U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin, the leading Congressional critic of the Patriot Act. "Unfortunately, they decided not to listen."
Feingold's objections were echoed by the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups that seek to defend Bill of Rights protections. "This sham compromise agreement fails to address the primary substantive concern raised by millions of Americans, as well as civil liberties, privacy and business organizations and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle and in both chambers," argued Caroline Fredrickson, the director of the ACLU's Washington legislative office.
The Bill of Rights Defense Committee, which has played a critical role in organizing opposition to the Patriot Act nationwide, is particularly worried by the decision of the conference committee to disregard language that would have protected against the abusive use of so-called "National Security Letters" -- the documents used to federal agents to demand the records of libraries and businesses. Civil libertarians wants Congress to set a baseline standard requiring that there be a connection between records sought and a suspected terrorist or foreign agent.
Without such protections, Feingold says, the conference committee's proposal lacks "adequate safeguards to protect our constitutional freedoms."
As such, the Wisconsin Democrat says, "I will do everything I can, including a filibuster, to stop this Patriot Act conference report." The filibuster threat is a significant one, as the act will expire if it is not reauthorized by the end of the year.
Unlike in 2001, Feingold has Senate allies. On Thursday, a bipartisan group of senators joined him in signing a letter that declared, "We believe that this conference report will not be able to get through the Senate, while the Senate bill would easily pass the House if its leadership would bring it to a vote. We call on our House colleagues to reject this conference report, and to take up and pass the Senate compromise bill. We still can - and must - make sure that our laws give law enforcement agents the tools they need while providing safeguards to protect the constitutional rights of all Americans."
That's the balance that Feingold sought to strike in 2001. He's doing so again in 2005. The difference is that, this time, Feingold will not have to stand alone.
Former National Writers Union president Jonathan Tasini, one of the most outspoken progressive activists in the U.S. labor movement, is expected this week to launch a Democratic primary challenge to New York Senator Hillary Clinton on a progressive platform that features a call for bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq.
Tasini has scheduled an announcement for Tuesday morning in New York City, setting up a campaign that could put unexpected pressure from the left on Clinton, the unannounced frontrunner for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination who until recently has been one of the strongest Democratic backers of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq.
Tasini plans to campaign in support of the call by U.S. Representative John Murtha, D-Pennsylvania, for the rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops from that Middle Eastern country.
"Senator Clinton is out of step with the values of a majority of New Yorkers. While a majority of New Yorkers support an end to the war, Senator Clinton has repeatedly voiced her support for a war that continues to accumulate unacceptable costs, in terms of American and Iraqi lives and our own government spending," explained Tasini, decribing a central theme of a campaign that is also expected to advocate for fair trade, economic reforms and universal health care.
Clinton has felt little heat so far from her most prominent Republican challenger, Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro, whose campaign so far has been so hapless that some top Republicans are now calling for her to quit the race and instead run for state Attorney General.
But Tasini, who served for more than a decade as head of a national union and has since worked as president of the Economic Future Group, poses a far different and potentially more interesting challenge to Clinton. An author and frequent guest on television public affairs programs, Tasini runs a well-regarded progressive blog, Working Life, at his www.workinglife.org website, where his reviews of trade, health care and labor policy issues have drawn a broad following.
Unlike Pirro, Tasini understands the issues, he's quick on his feet, he knows his way around the state's union halls and he recognizes that Clinton's greatest vulnerability is a cautious centrism that has frequently put her at odds with grassroots Democrats.
Striking a chord that may well resonate with Democratic activists, Tasini says, "My candidacy will borrow a phrase from the late Senator Paul Wellstone, asking New Yorkers to'vote for what you believe in.'"
Even in liberal New York, a Tasini win in next September's Democratic primary would be a huge upset.
Clinton has a deep-pockets campaign treasury, a solid Senate record and an appeal to many Democrats who see her as both an heir to her husband Bill Clinton's legacy and potentially the best candidate to carry that legacy forward as a 2008 presidential contender. She also has an approach to even the most critical issues of the day that might charitably be referred to as "flexible."
In 2002, Clinton broke with more progressive Democrats such as Wellstone, the late senator from Minnesota, Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd and Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, to support authorizing President Bush to use force in Iraq. And during the 2004 presidential campaign, she echoed the sentiments of the most hawkish Republicans when she criticized Bush for not sending enough troops to Iraq.
But, as the war has lost popular appeal, Clinton has begun to blur her position. In a November 30 letter to constituents, the senator seemed to back away from her support of the 2002 resolution, writing, "I voted for it on the basis of the evidence presented by the Administration, assurances they gave that they would first seek to resolve the issue of weapons of mass destruction peacefully through United Nations sponsored inspections, and the argument that the resolution was needed because Saddam Hussein never did anything to comply with his obligations that he was not forced to do. Their assurances turned out to be empty ones, as the Administration refused repeated requests from the U.N. inspectors to finish their work. And the 'evidence' of weapons of mass destruction and links to al Qaeda turned out to be false. Based on the information that we have today, Congress never would have been asked to give the President authority to use force against Iraq. And if Congress had been asked, based on what we know now, we never would have agreed, given the lack of a long-term plan, paltry international support, the proven absence of weapons of mass destruction, and the reallocation of troops and resources that might have been used in Afghanistan to eliminate Bin Laden and al Qaeda, and fully uproot the Taliban."
Clinton stopped short of admitting that her 2002 vote was "wrong," which is what former North Carolina Senator John Edwards, another prospective candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, did in a recent Washington Post opinion piece.
She has also refused to side with another backer of the 2002 resolution, Murtha, who is now pushing for a quick exit strategy. Clinton claims that, "I do not believe that we should allow this to be an open-ended commitment without limits or end." But, she adds, "Nor do I believe that we can or should pull out of Iraq immediately." And a close read of her letter reveals that, while the senator is quick to criticize Bush, she is still in the camp that says America has "a big job to do" in Iraq.
That's the opening that Tasini will attempt to exploit. It will not be easy -- even some of his old allies in the labor movement will be slow to officially embrace his challenge to one of the most prominent and powerful Democrats in the country.
But frustration with Clinton runs deeper among activist Democrats than is often noted in the media.
Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a slain soldier in Iraq whose August protest outside George Bush's ranchette in Crawford, Texas, made her one of the country's most prominent anti-war advocates, has been almost as vocal in her criticism of the senator as she has been of the president. "Hillary Clinton is the leader of the pack" of pro-war Democrats, says Sheehan, who recently joined the board of the anti-war Progressive Democrats of America group. In an open letter posted in October on filmmaker Michael Moore's web site, Sheehan wrote of Clinton: "I think she is a political animal who believes she has to be a war hawk to keep up with the big boys."
Sheehan added that, "I will resist (Clinton's) candidacy with every bit of my power and strength."
That line led some New York activists to suggest that Sheehan should move to the state -- as Clinton did before her 2000 Senate run -- and run against the incumbent.
That's not going to happen. Rather, Sheehan has issued a letter of support for Tasini's challenge to Clinton, which you can read on Tasini's website.
The big news on any day when President Bush delivers a "major address" regarding Iraq is never what the commander-in-chief says. Bush has been on autopilot for so long now that he does not even bother to say anything new -- even when he is supposedly laying out a strategy for "victory."
That was certainly the case Wednesday, when the president treated an audience of cadets at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, to a repeat of every tired cliche he had previously uttered about the war, right down to the clumsy attempt to make a 9-11 link, the ridiculous comparisons with World War II and the don't-bother-me-with-the-facts pledge that, no matter how bad things get, "America will not run." What Bush fails to mention, of course that, with the depth of the quagmire into which he has steered the U.S. military, it's just about impossible to run.
A diginified withdrawal, on the other hand, remains not merely possible but preferable to the Bush approach.
And it is on the withdrawal front that the big news came Wednesday.
After the president spoke, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, announced that she is now backing the call by U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pennsylvania, to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq.
That's a reversal for Pelosi, the top Democrat in the House, who two weeks ago rejected Murtha's call for an exit strategy.
Despite the fact that Murtha had been a key supporter of her climb up the Democratic leadership ladder in the House, Pelosi was initially cautious about embracing the decorated Vietnam veteran's proposal to begin bringing the troops home.
Now, Pelosi says, "We should follow the lead of Congressman John Murtha, who has put forth a plan to make American safer, to make our military stronger and to make Iraq more stable. That is what the American people and our troops deserve."
That's big news.
For the first time since the war began, Democrats finally have a congressional leader who says it should end.
But that's not big enough news.
Pelosi is still holding back when it comes to putting the House Democratic Caucus on record in support of Murtha's withdrawal proposal.
"I believe that a majority of our caucus clearly supports Mr. Murtha," says Pelosi. But the minority leader still says "a vote on the war is an individual vote."
At a point when two thirds of Americans say that the invasion of Iraq was a mistake, and a majority say that the time has come to start rectifying that mistake by bringing troops home, this country needs an opposition party that is in tune with the sentiments of the citizens.
To be sure, a handful of neocon Democrats -- led by Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman -- will continue to side with the Bush administration and support the war. But, as Pelosi admits, the vast majority of House Democrats are with Murtha. It is time for the caucus as a whole to take a stand that will clarify the debate and force at House Republicans who are increasingly wary of "staying the course" that is being set by a lameduck president.
Two years ago, Nancy Pelosi was elected minority leader in order to turn the House Democrats into an opposition party. She pulled her punches for far too long, doing serious damage not just to her party but to the national discourse -- which suffered from the lack of an alternative to the Bush administration's increasingly absurd pro-war line. Now, Pelosi has begun to speak up. That's good. But it's not good enough.
Pelosi is not an individual member. She is the Democratic leader in the House, and she needs to lead.
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is, supposedly, a very smart man.Indeed, he is frequently referred to as the intellectual giant on the current highcourt.
Yet, when Scalia was confronted by comedian and social commentator AlFranken with a basic question of legal ethics, it was the funny man, not the"serious" jurist, who proved to be the most knowledgeable.
The confrontation took place last week in New York City, where Scalia was theguest of Conversations on the Circle, a prestigious series ofone-on-one interviews with Norman Pearlstine, the outgoing Time Inc.editor-in-chief.
After Pearlstine tossed a predictable set of softball questions to thejustice, the session was opened to questions from the audience. Up poppedFranken, the best-selling author and host of Air America's The Al FrankenShow.
According to a scathing article that appeared in the Scalia-friendly NewYork Post, "Franken stood up in the back row and started talking about'judicial demeanor' and asking 'hypothetically' about whether a judge shouldrecuse himself if he had gone duck-hunting or flown in a private jet with aparty in a case before his court."
Franken's reference was to Scalia's refusal to recuse himself fromdeliberations involving a lawsuit brought by public-interest groups thatsaid Vice President Dick Cheney engaged in improper contacts withenergy-industry executives and lobbyists while heading the Bush administration task force on energypolicy. A federal court ordered Cheney to release documents related to his work with the task force, at which point the Bush administration appealed to the Supreme Court.
After the administration filed its appeal but before the court took the case, Cheney and Scalia were seen dining together in November, 2003, at an out-of-the-way restaurant on Maryland's eastern shore.
After the court agreed to take the case, Cheney and Scalia spent several days in January, 2004, hunting ducks at a remote camp in Louisiana.
Watchdog groups called for Scalia to recuse himself -- Charles Lewis, director of the Center for Public Integrity, argued that fraternization involving a justice and a litigant with a case before the court "gives the appearance of a tainted process where decisions are not made on the merits" -- but the justice responded by announcing that, "I do not think my impartiality could reasonably be questioned."
Several months later, Scalia and the other justices remanded the case back to the appellate court for further consideration -- a decision that effectively made the issue go away during the 2004 presidential contest.
Scalia, a friend of Cheney's since the days when they worked together in the administration of former President Gerald Ford, had participated in a decision that was of tremendous benefit to the vice president in an election year.
Yet, when Franken raised the issue at the Conversation on the Circle event, according to the Post, Scalia "chidedFranken as if he were a delinquent schoolboy." And Time Warner chairman Dick Parsons said of author: "Al was not quiteready for prime time."
In fact, it was Scalia, not Franken, who was caught with his ethics down.
Scalia took issue with the comic's use of the word demeanor. "Demeanor is the wrong word. You meanethics," the justice claimed, before adding that, "Ethics is governed by tradition. It has neverbeen the case where you recuse because of friendship."
Actually, Scalia was wrong on all accounts. Because U.S. Supreme Court justices decide when to recuse themselves for ethical reasons, they operate under looser standards and softer scrutiny than other jurists. Thus, the term "demeanor" was precisely correct. Legal dictionaries define "demeanor" as one's "outward manner" and "way of conducting oneself." By any measure, with his refusal to recuse himself from a case involving his friend Cheney, Scalia chose to conduct himself in an unethical manner.
How do we know that?
The American Bar Association's Model Code of Judicial Conduct, certainly a reasonable measure for such decisions, is blunt with regards to these questions, stating that:
1.) "(A judge) shall act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary."
2.) "A judge shall conduct all of the judge's extra-judicial activities so they do not cast reasonable doubt on the judge's capacity to act impartially as a judge."
3.) "A judge shall not allow family, social, political or other relationships to influence the judge's judicial conduct or judgment."
4.) "(A judge shall not) convey or permit others to convey the impression that they are in a special position to influence the judge."
Unfortunately, the ABA's model code does not apply -- in any official sense -- to high court justices.
But there is still no question that Scalia should have recused himself. The standard for U.S. Supreme Court Justices was set by the court itself in a majority opinion in the 1994 resolution of the case of Liteky v. United States. According to that opinion, recusal is required where "impartiality might reasonably be questioned." The opinion set a high standard, declaring that what matters "is not the reality of bias or prejudice, but its appearance."
Who was the stickler for ethics who wrote those words?
Justice Antonin Scalia.
An expanded paperback edition of John Nichols' biography of Vice President Dick Cheney, The Rise and Rise of Richard B. Cheney: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Most Powerful Vice President in American History (The New Press: 2005), is available nationwide at independent bookstores and at www.amazon.com. The book features an exclusive interview with Joe Wilson and a chapter on the vice president's use and misuse of intelligence. Publisher's Weekly describes the book as "a Fahrenheit 9/11 for Cheney" and Esquire magazine says it "reveals the inner Cheney."
Despite the worst efforts of Wal-Mart and its equally carnivorous competitors to hype up an earlier start, Thanksgiving Day still marks something akin to the official opening of the Holiday season. And with this beginning even the most resistant radio stations and elevator operators will now be programming a mix of Christmas music that can charitably be referred to as "lamentable."
A musical tradition that was meant to be inspiring, uplifting and perhaps even challenging degenerates each November into a mind-numbing slurry of "festive" Muzak that will, in short order, have tens of millions of Americans counting the days until December 25.
But, hark, there is redemption to be found -- though perhaps not on the radio dials of our ever most consolidated and rigidly-programmed media monopolies.
A better class of Christmas music is out there, waiting to be heard by those who seek it.
In fact, one of the finest contemporary Christmas songs is rapidly taking on "classic" status as it is recorded by discerning artists.
Canadian singers Kate and Anna McGarrigle's fine new holiday CD, The McGarrigle Christmas Hour, features a stirring rendition of the song in question: Jackson Browne's "The Rebel Jesus."
Originally recorded by Browne for the brilliant 1991 Chieftains holiday collaboration, The Bells of Dublin, "The Rebel Jesus" has taken on a life of its own. Along the way, it has become the most welcome antidote to the deadening dose of commercialism that Americans imbibe each year between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
So let us begin the season with Browne's wise words:
All the streets are filled with laughter and light
And the music of the season
And the merchants' windows are all bright
With the faces of the children
And the families hurrying to their homes
As the sky darkens and freezes
They'll be gathering around the hearths and tales
Giving thanks for all god's graces
And the birth of the rebel Jesus
Well they call him by the prince of peace
And they call him by the savior
And they pray to him upon the seas
And in every bold endeavor
As they fill his churches with their pride and gold
And their faith in him increases
But they've turned the nature that I worshipped in
From a temple to a robber's den
In the words of the rebel Jesus
We guard our world with locks and guns
And we guard our fine possessions
And once a year when christmas comes
We give to our relations
And perhaps we give a little to the poor
If the generosity should seize us
But if any one of us should interfere
In the business of why they are poor
They get the same as the rebel Jesus
But please forgive me if I seem
To take the tone of judgment
For I've no wish to come between
This day and your enjoyment
In this life of hardship and of earthly toil
We have need for anything that frees us
So I bid you pleasure
And I bid you cheer
From a heathen and a pagan
On the side of the rebel Jesus.
When Dick Cheney, a Wyoming congressman who had never served in the military and who had failed during his political career to gain much respect from those who wore the uniform he had worked so hard to avoid putting on during the Vietnam War, was selected in 1989 by former President George Herbert Walker Bush to serve as Secretary of Defense, he had a credibility problem. Lacking in the experience and the connections required to effectively take charge of the Pentagon in turbulent times, he turned to a House colleague, Pennsylvania Democrat John Murtha, a decorated combat veteran whose hawkish stances on military matters had made him a favorite of the armed services. "I'm going to need a lot of help," Cheney told Murtha. "I don't know a blankety-blank thing about defense."
Murtha, a retired Marine colonel who earned a chest full of medals during the Vietnam fight and who has often broken with fellow Democrats to back U.S. military interventions abroad -- most notably in Latin America, where Murtha often supported former President Ronald Reagan's controversial policies regarding El Salvador and Nicaragua in the 1980s -- gave that assistance.
During both the first and second Bush administrations he emerged as a key ally -- often, the most important Democratic ally -- of the Republican presidents. Cheney frequently acknowledged their long working relationship, describing Murtha in public statements as a Democrat he could "work with."
In the 2004 vice presidential debate, Cheney noted that, "One of my strongest allies in Congress when I was Secretary of Defense was Jack Murtha, a Democrat who is chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee." The vice president was particularly complimentary over the years of the Pennsylvania representatives decision to provide high-profile backing of the administration's 2002 request for authorization to use force against Iraq.
But the cross-party relationship has soured as Murtha, whose concern has always been first and foremost for the men and women who serve in the military, has reached the conclusion that the Iraq intervention has steered U.S. troops into a quagmire from which they must be extracted. Typically blunt, Murtha said this week: "The U.S. cannot accomplish anything further in Iraq militarily. It is time to bring (the troops) home."
Cheney's response to the man he begged to help him understand military affairs during the first Bush administration was to rip into Murtha and other Democrats who had tried to work with the administration. "Some of the most irresponsible comments have, of course, come from politicians who actually voted in favor of authorising force against Saddam Hussein," the vice president growled in a speech to the conservative Frontiers of Freedom Institute. In another clear reference to Murtha, Cheney said, "The president and I cannot prevent certain politicians from losing their memory, or their backbone -- but we're not going to sit by and let them rewrite history."
Of course, it is not Murtha but Cheney who is rewriting history -- or, at least, attempting to obscure it.
As Murtha noted, he's the one who put on a Marine uniform, took his shots in Vietnam and went on to a long career of working with and defending the military, while Cheney is the one who did everything in his power to avoid serving in southeast Asia and has never been seen as a friend of the men and women who actually fight the wars the vice president so shamelessly -- and disingenuously -- promotes. "I like guys who got five deferments and (have) never been there and send people to war, and then don't like to hear suggestions about what needs to be done," said Murtha, referencing the vice president's long record of draft avoidance in the 1960s.
The clearest evidence that Cheney still does not "get it" when it comes to defense policy is his decision to take on Jack Murtha.The draft dodger who not all that many years ago admitted that he "(didn't) know a blankety-blank thing about defense" will come to regret picking a fight with the Marine he called in to help him understand military matters.
An expanded paperback edition of John Nichols' biography of Vice President Dick Cheney, The Rise and Rise of Richard B. Cheney: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Most Powerful Vice President in American History (The New Press: 2005), is available nationwide at independent bookstores and at www.amazon.com. The book features an exclusive interview with Joe Wilson and a chapter on the vice president's use and misuse of intelligence. Publisher's Weekly describes the book as "a Fahrenheit 9/11 for Cheney" and Esquire magazine says it "reveals the inner Cheney."
I was in San Francisco last week, when Fox News commentator-in-chief Bill O'Reilly had one of his tantrums and told would-be terrorists to "go ahead" and blow the city off the map of the United States.
The experience got me thinking about why it is that O'Reilly and his fellow broadcast bloviators are so venomous toward the American communities that are generally recognized - even by thinking conservatives - as the most appealing and open-minded places in the country. There's an explanation here, and it does not reflect well on the right-wing ranters.
But, first, to O'Reilly's complaint.
In referendum votes last week, San Franciscans expressed their opposition to military recruitment in the public schools and to handgun ownership. That was too much democracy for the man who presides over cable television's "no spin zone." So he did what he usually does when Americans start exercising their First Amendment rights - he blew up.
On his syndicated radio program, O'Reilly told San Franciscans they were no longer welcome in his America.
"You want to be your own country? Go right ahead," he told the residents of the Bay Area. "And if al-Qaida comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. We're going to say, 'Look, every other place in America is off limits to you except San Francisco.'"
O'Reilly even suggested a target for the terrorists. "You want to blow up Coit Tower (a San Francisco landmark)," he told the suicide bombers. "Go ahead."
San Franciscans took O'Reilly's remarks in stride. The city's major daily newspaper headlined an amusing front page account: "Talk host's towering rant: S.F. not worth saving," while San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, who represents the district where Coit Tower is located, recalled the addiction problems of another talk radio host and said, "It sounds like (O'Reilly's) on the same medication Rush Limbaugh is addicted to, and he should go see a therapist."
To be sure, O'Reilly is ready for some anger management instruction.
But what fascinates me is the target of so much of his anger: American cities that work.
O'Reilly's always got his shorts in a knot about some city like San Francisco or Madison or Boulder that has made the mistake of questioning Fox's Orwellian "war-is-peace," "tolerance-is-hateful," "smart-is-stupid" dogmas.
Nothing bugs the cable TV's boldest blowhard more than Americans who think for themselves. And the people who live in America's most livable cities tend to be a diverse lot of entrepreneurs and innovators, big thinkers and big doers who are better educated, better traveled and better prepared to see through the spin that is pumped out by the Bush White House and its media amen corner.
As such, they are less likely to take cues about how to vote or what to think from television and radio personalities. That's bad news for O'Reilly, who has gone so far as to write a children's book - "The O'Reilly Factor for Kids" - that pushes the "indoctrination" envelope to places even Limbaugh feared to go.
And a city that is immune to indoctrination, a city that thinks for itself and refuses to fall for the fear-mongering that is the stock in trade of the cable news channels these days, well, that's just not O'Reilly country.
What's an O'Reilly to do? Point the terrorists in the direction of the cities that are not scared enough, not paranoid enough, not ignorant enough to put their trust in the likes of Bill O'Reilly.
It cannot be easy being God these days, what with so many of His self-proclaimed followers launching wars in His name.
So the last thing that the Almighty needs is a whackjob calling down the wrath of, er, well, God on communities that fail to follow the instructions in the "Christian Coalition Voter Guide."
But that's what God's got in the person of Pat Robertson, the religious broadcaster who frequently uses his 700 Club television program to pray about weather patterns or to encourage the assassination of foreign leaders.
Last week, Robertson went the next step and began deciding who can and cannot talk to God.
After the citizens of Dover, Pa., voted to remove eight school board members who had attempted to introduce an "intelligent design" curriculum -- which encourages the rejection of science and established views of evolution in order to promote the notion that the universe was simply popped into being by the Big Guy -- Robertson announced that people living in that community are off God's Christmas card list.
"I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: If there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God. You just rejected him from your city," Robertson said on his Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club."
Instead of praying to God, Robertson said the folks in Dover will have to worship science. "If they have future problems in Dover, I recommend they call on Charles Darwin," the television personality declared. "Maybe he can help them."
To be sure, there will be those sincere disbelievers who suggest that prayers to Darwin would be of equal consequence with prayers to the Almighty. That's a debate for another day.
But the choice that Robertson sets up for followers of his Christian faith is false one.
Many of the greatest evolutionary scientists of history and the present day have been men and women of deep religious faith -- with Christians well represented among their number. These scientists have suggested in some of the most thoughtful and elegant essays of our time that the study of evolution can -- and should -- be seen as an endeavor that is entirely in synch with their faith. After all, they ask, what could be wrong with trying to better explain God's creation?
The answer, of course, is "nothing" -- unless you've made a fortune setting yourself up as God's "spokesman."
Robertson and his ilk despise science because it provides explanations and insights that expose their pseudo-religious rants about who is on the right or wrong side of God -- not to mention who gets to pray and how -- for what they are: schemes to scare Christians into voting for Robertson's right-wing allies and writing checks to Robertson's enterprises and causes.
The so-called "Christian broadcaster" is wrong this time, as he has so frequently been in the past.
Despite what Roberston says, the people of Dover can pray to whomever they choose: God or Charles Darwin or even Pat Robertson.
And they can believe, as no doubt most Dover, Pa., voters did when they cast their ballots, that sound religion and sound science need not be in conflict.
Former U.S. Senator Max Cleland, the Georgia Democrat who lost his right arm and both legs in the quagmire that was Vietnam, explained a few years ago that, "Within the soul of each Vietnam veteran there is probably something that says 'Bad war, good soldier.' Only now are Americans beginning to separate the war from the warrior."
Cleland's wise words need to be recalled on this Veterans Day, when it is more necessary than ever to separate a bad war from the warriors who are required to fight it.
The U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq is an unfolding disaster with such nightmarish consequences that is not merely easy, but necessary to be angry with those who are responsible. And Americans are angry. Overwhelming majorities of U.S. citizens now tell pollsters that they believe the decision to invade Iraq was a mistake, and a substantial proportion of them say that the continued occupation of that Middle East land is a fool's mission.
It is appropriate to direct our anger at the man whose determination to wage a war of whim rather than necessity put hundreds of thousands of Americans in harm's way. But it is not appropriate to blame those young men and women for following the direction of their commanders in a time of global uncertainty.
What is truly unfortunate is the attempt by political supporters of the man who is responsible for steering America into the quagmire with those who are stuck in it. Republicans have distributed noxious bumper stickers that declare, "Support the Troops and the President."
To be fair, it is possible to support the troops and the president -- if one chooses to believe that the war was necessary and that it continues to be necessary. But the number of Americans who entertain such beliefs is dwindling rapidly.
For those Americans who think George W. Bush has been wrong all along about Iraq, it is entirely appropriate -- and entirely possible -- to support the troops and oppose the president.
That's what U.S. Senator Patty Murray, D-Washington, did last summer when it was revealed that the Department of Veterans Affairs did not have the resources to provide adequate care for soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq.
Murray, who had voted against authorizing President Bush to go to war, offered an amendment to address the shortfall of more than $1 billion. But her move was blocked by Senate Republicans who claimed that the money was not needed.
Murray kept the pressure up, and her concerns were echoed by veterans groups such as the American Legion, the Paralyzed Veterans of America and the Disabled American Veterans. Richard Fuller, the legislative director of the Paralyzed Veterans, told the Washington Post that the money problems were obvious to anyone visiting VA clinics and hospitals. "You could see it happening, clinics shutting down, appointments delayed," Fuller explained. Joseph A. Violante, legislative director of the Disabled American Veterans, added a blunter assessment, charging that the administration was "shortchanging veterans."
Finally, in the face of mounting pressure from a senator who had opposed the war and groups that were increasingly troubled about the treatment of its veterans, Senate Republicans relented and voted to provide the needed money.
U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, R-Pennsylvania, a leading conservative who is big on supporting the president but not so enthusiastic when it comes to supporting veterans, was forced to admit that, "We were in error. Sen. Murray was right."
To her credit, Murray was gracious, saying of the Republicans: "It was not easy for them to eat crow on this. But as I've said so many times in the last few days on the floor of the Senate, this is not a Republican issue and this is not a Democratic issue; it is an American issue."
Murray's right. In the years to come, as more and more soldiers return from the nightmare that is Iraq, it will be vital for Americans of all political persuasions to recognize that a massive new commitment of federal resources is required to assure that the nightmare does not continue for the veterans of this awful conflict.
The last time Democrats elected a new president who had not been a governor was in 1960, when U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy was the party's nominee and the narrow victor of a contest with Republican Richard Nixon. And two of the four Republican presidents since then were present or former governors, as well. So it makes at least a measure of sense to argue that the place to prospect for a 2008 Democratic nominee is in the states rather than Washington.
And, after Tuesday's election in Virginia, Democrats have a new statehouse star. No, it's not Tim Kaine, the Democrat who won a surprisingly easy victory over Republican Jerry Kilgore in the only southern state to hold a gubernatorial contest this fall. What matters as regards national politics is the fact that Kaine will be replacing a fellow Democrat, Mark Warner.
Warner has been boomed as a presidential prospect for some time now, and even before Tuesday's voting there were strong indications that the moderate Virginian was taking steps to enter the race for the party's 2008 nomination.
But Tuesday's off-year election vote in Virginia gives Warner a major boost.
In many senses, Kaine's victory was really Warner's win.
Kaine ran on a promise to carry on where Warner, whose approval ratings are in the high sixties, leaves off.
Warner appeared in almost as many of Kaine's television commercials as did the candidate himself.
And in the final days of the campaign, Warner and Kaine barnstormed across the state's southern counties, where Warner's combination of downhome appeals to sportsmen and NASCAR racing fans and a little bit of economic populism went a long way toward overcoming the instinct of cultural conservatives to vote for the Republican.
The strategy of linking Kaine with Warner worked in large part because Warner has been such a successful governor.
The Warner model of increasing taxes to pay for education and infrastructure improvements, defending the right to choose and promoting racial harmony, and creating economic-development initiatives for hard-hit regions has generally worked well for Virginia. No, the southern state has not become a bastion of progressivism, and there are still plenty of reasons to question whether Warner is the right man to put some spine back into the Democratic column.
But there is no question that Warner can point to some impressive accomplishments in Virginia. A state that had a history of going from fiscal crisis to fiscal crisis now has a surplus and some of the best bond ratings in the country. As such, Democrat Kaine's promise to carry on was a lot more appealing than Republican Kilgore's promise of a return to "no-more-taxes" dogma and financial instability.
Against a Democratic field that is likely to be thick with senators -- New York's Hillary Clinton, Indiana's Evan Bayh, Delaware's Joe Biden, Wisconsin's Russ Feingold, Massachusetts' John Kerry, the 2004 nominee, and his running mate from that year, former North Carolina Senator John Edwards -- Warner's argument that the party needs a nominee with executive experience could have significant appeal. And he will have a much easier time directing the attention of voters toward Virginia, now that Kaine will be sitting in the governor's chair.
With Kaine in charge of Virginia, Warner will have several advantages if he chooses to seek the party's nomination in 2008. First, in a state where the governor is not allowed to succeed himself, Kaine's win is the next best vindication for Warner to a reelection of his own. Also, with a Democrat in charge of Virginia, Warner can hit the presidential campaign trail without fear of having a homestate rival poking at him -- as John Kerry did in 2004, when the Republican governor of the Bay State, Mitt Romney, was dispatched by GOP managers to batter the Democratic presidential nominee.
With Jimmy Carter, the former governor of a southern state, and Bill Clinton, the sitting governor of a southern state,, Democrats were able to defeat Republican presidents in 1976 and 1992, respectively. Kaine's win in Virginia positions Warner to advance the claim that Democrats need to turn once more to a statehouse veteran if they want to secure the White House.
Watch for him to do just that in the coming months.


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